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...crew races with Annapolis, which were to have been held Saturday afternoon, have been postponed until today, due to the high winds and rough water which have been prevailing on the Severn course. On Saturday the crews waited until 6.30 o'clock in the hope that they would be able to row at that time, but although they set out for the starting mark it was evident that they would be unable to row without danger of swamping before the end of the race. This afternoon, if conditions are favorable, the first and second University eights and the first Freshman...
Eighteen men, comprising the University and Freshman crew squads, together with Coach Haines and Manager A. Houghton '21, leave tonight on the Federal Express for Annapolis for their races with the Princeton and Naval Academy crews on the Severn Saturday. The crews will have light practices tomorrow morning and afternoon and Saturday morning, in the Ward shells which the Naval Academy has loaned the University for the races. The crews will be seated as follows...
...Annapolis tomorrow to meet the first-year boats of Princeton and the United States Naval Academy. There is but one thing that has made this a possibility, --the spirit of a class which has collected from its members the sum of $550 wherewith to send its crew to the Severn. Nor is this the first time that the Freshmen have shown interest in their major sports. At the climax of the hockey season they offered to supply the funds to send their team to New York for the Yale and Princeton games, since those universities found it impracticable to have...
University Prepared for Severn Race...
...have been giving the crew two or three short, stiff races weekly," said Coach Haines, "and I think we are now prepared for the fast pace that is sure to be set on the Severn. We have a crew which many people consider better than that which beat Princeton and Yale last season. It has been trained especially for the short distance we will race with Princeton and Annapolis...